Hey guys, I'm back. The reason I was able to do that double chapter release was because I found internet for a few minutes so I was able to post them. Anyway, here is the next chapter in the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Or Skulduggery Pleasant. I said it. Now I can't be sued, right? Right….?
"Lady Tsunade, we are here to talk about the fate of Naruto Uzumaki." Homura said, addressing the current Hokage.
"What about him? As Jonin Aburame stated, Naruto is allowed to become a Leaf ninja because he protected the village. There is no reason for this meeting." Tsunade said.
"Yes, but there is no law that states that we cannot banish him again." Koharu interjected.
"What charges do you have against him then?" Tsunade asked with a smirk.
"Assault of a Leaf Village ninja, disobeying strict orders and using fake papers to enter a Hidden Village." Homura said as Tsunade's smirk fell.
"Actually, now that I think about it, we said if he ever came back, that he would be executed. Obviously our Hokage is not up to standard expectations, we should elect a new Hokage." Sari Haruno, the mother of our least favourite pink haired banshee, stated.
"You are overstepping your bounds, Civilian Council Member Haruno! I could have you executed or banished for treason!" Tsunade roared.
"She is merely stating her opinion, Hokage." Danzo Shimura stated.
"People have been banished for less." Tsunade said quietly.
"What, you mean that demon child with the Nine-Tails?" Sari said with a sneer.
"ANBU Operative Tenzo, please execute Civilian Council Member Haruno." Tsunade said with a tired expression.
"What, no! N-" Sari screamed as a bullet of wood shot through her forehead right between her eyes.
"Now, if we can continue. I have had enough of this, I am using my one executive Hokage order right now-"
"What are you talking about? There is no such thing!" Koharu said.
"Oh, yes there is. My grandfather used his to create the Ninja Academy and the Ninja Corps. My granduncle used his to create the Leaf Village Military Police. My sensei used his to keep the secret of Naruto housing the Nine-Tails an SS class secret punishable by death if ever revealed by anyone other than himself or Naruto. My teammate's student used his to create the council. I am now using mine to make the civilian side of the council only have any input in decisions directly impacting the civilians and not the ninja of this village, nothing more, anything less." Tsunade said.
"You cannot do that!" One of the civilian council members yelled.
"Yes I can. Now, all those in favour of letting Naruto Uzumaki stay a Hidden Leaf shinobi?" Tsunade asked the ninja side of the council.
"I." All of the members of the ninja council said simultaneously.
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Naruto was sitting on the stone head of his father as he looked over the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Naruto heard footsteps behind him and didn't bother turning around.
"What do you want?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto, is it really you?" Naruto stiffened as he heard a soft, familiar voice. The voice belonged to the person that Naruto once loved and now hated.
"I said, what do you want Sakura?" Naruto said with disgust.
"I wanted to ask you if you wanted to make Team 7 again with Sasuke and I." Sakura asked, sure that he would jump at the chance, she was currently wearing a pink sleeveless shirt with a zip that went across her body, it went down to her waist. She wore knee length black form fitting shorts and black ninja sandals. She had kept her hair short and still wore her headband on the top of her head.
"No."
"What, why not?" Sakura asked, bewildered he didn't say yes.
"Why should I tell you?" Naruto said.
"Hey, quit being so rude and come back already!" Sakura yelled, getting angry that Naruto was blowing her off like she was a piece of filth that he didn't want to be near longer than he had to.
"No."
"How dare you?! You have no right to act that way! You owe me an apology, you owe Sasuke one as well for hurting him!"
"How dare I? How dare I? I have every right to act this way, I owe no-one an apology, least of all you and the emo." Naruto said, his voice slowly rising.
"What? You have had everything handed to you! At least me and Sasuke had to work for it! Your life is so easy compared to my Sasuke's! You got Jiraiya to train you, the Third Hokage loved you! You got to become a genin even though you failed the test! Sasuke's life has been so much harder than yours!" Sakura screamed.
"How dare you talk to me about hard work, how dare you talk to me about having a hard life? You have no right! If Sasuke's life was harder than mine, prove it! Sasuke was loved by everyone, I was hated. Sasuke was put on a pedestal while I had to literally fight for my life every night! I was kicked out of the orphanage when I was four years old! I was saddled with a burden no-one should have! I'm not the same Naruto as before! I'm not a bumbling idiot anymore. Get away from me!" Naruto screamed, finally turning around to show Sakura the unbridled anger in his eyes.
"Why don't you want things to be how they were?" Sakura asked as tears fell from her eyes.
"What? You think I want things to go back to the way they were? Me as a bumbling idiot that everyone hated? Sasuke as a fucking emo ignoring everyone? You as a fucking banshee that beat me for doing nothing? Sure, when pigs fly through a frozen hell with Sasuke doing ballet in a pink tutu!" Naruto yelled as he jumped off the Hokage Monument.
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Naruto manipulated wind chakra to level himself out and propel himself as he zoomed through the air towards his old apartment. He picked this trick while training with a strange man who turned out to be a living skeleton. He had a funny sense of humour and travelled with a female teenager about Naruto's age with a strange, yet cute accent. He also taught Naruto to shoot pillars of fire from his hands. Naruto thought back to that time.
Flashback
"Now Naruto, you need to manipulate the air around you using wind chakra so as to change its density. Doing this will cause it to help you float. With the fire, you need to expel it from your palms, but use chakra control to form it into a pillar, rather than a fireball." Skulduggery said.
"Can I get the Crimson Raider if I perfect it?" Naruto asked hopefully.
"Fine, maybe I should give the Yellow Canary to Valkyrie if she gets it?" Skulduggery said as he pondered giving Valkyrie the vehicle.
"Yeah!" Naruto exclaimed as he jumped in the air with a grin.
Flashback End
Naruto reached his apartment as the sun was beginning to set. He entered through the door to be assaulted by the smell of ramen.
'Huh? I don't remember making ramen when I was here last time.' Naruto thought as he entered the main room to find Fu, Kushina and Minato waiting for him with four bowls of ramen.
"Welcome home big brother!" Fu exclaimed with a grin.
"Welcome home son." Minato and Kushina said with a genuine loving smile that warmed Naruto's heart.
So that was that chapter done. I hope you guys enjoyed it! There was a reference to Skulduggery Pleasant in there. If you don't know what it is, it is an amazing book series by Derek Landy. The thing with the Crimson Raider and the Yellow Canary is an inside joke from the series. While people who are reading this who have read the series know that there have only been the Bentley, the Yellow Canary and the Purple Menace, I decided to put one of my own in. I won't make them cars, I think I will make them motorcycles like choppers powered by wind and fire style chakra. Anyway, thanks for reading, rate and review! I also may or may not have just realised that you have to actually select the option for the poll to appear on my profile. So… I kinda thought it was on my profile for a while when it actually wasn't. Yeah… sorry about that. Anyway, at the time of writing this, I should be back tomorrow, I had a bit of internet yesterday, but I hadn't had this finished. I did however fix the poll… I think. I'm thinking of doing a third active story, currently trying to figure out a good start for NeoAmon678's NarutoxOnePiece challenge, and I was wondering if anyone is willing to do a collaboration story with me? I have a basis for what I want to do, but I would like someone else's help to expand it, I'm not the best. PM me or leave it in a review if you want to do this. Not sure who would post it though… maybe both of us… anyway, if anyone wants to do it, we'll figure it out. Well, see you next time! EliteThrasher98 out!